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HARVARD COLLEGE JUL 1 1912 LIBRARY VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 31. KNIGHT or PYTHI Grand Lodge Meets Harmonious Sess tacular Street THE PYTHIAN CADETS WIN M WELCOME—FINE PUB EVERYBODY H KNIGHTS or PYTHIAS. THE PYTHIAN CADETS WIN MUCH PRAISE—ROYAL WELCOME—FINE PUBLIC MEETING. EVERYBODY HAPPY. --- Lynchburg, Va., June 18, 1912. This city has been the scene of great activity during many months. The occasion was the expected sessions of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A. A. and A. and the female department of that Order known at the Grand Court of the Order of Calanthe. LARGE DELEGATION. The advance guard of the delegation reached this city yesterday after noon. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. reached this city at about 7:45 P.M. last evening bringing two first class coaches over the N, and W. R. R. packed with enthusiastic delegates. The trip was most enjoyable. The feature was the marching of the military department, known as the Uniform Rank, marching from the Union Station to the camp ground at Durlington. The tents and equipages. 21 in number had been raised earlier in the day. PYTHIAN TROOPS IN CAMP. The tired Sir Knights and Cadets reached the camp ground and announced the fact that they had reached the promised land by a series of yells which made the welkin ring. It was not long before a hastily prepared supper was served. The Grand Lodge met at 9 o'clock this morning at the Court St. Baptist Church, Grand Chancellor Mitchell presiding. The roll call showed that all of the officers were present. Those who filled the chairs were: Grand Vice Chancellor, H. L. Jackson, Blackstone; Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, Thomas M. Crump, Richmond; Grand Master of Exequier, H. F. Jonathan, Richmond; Grand Master of Work, William M. Reid, Portsmouth; Grand Prelate, Thomas H: White, D. D., Clifton Forge; Grand Master at Arms W. Henry Jones, Richmond; Grand Outer Guard, W. H. Stokes, Peternburg; Grand Inner Guard, J. H. Page, Roanoke; Grand Medical Director, J. Alexander Lewis, Richmond. THE GRAND COURT CONVENES. The opening exercises were soon concluded and at 10 o'clock the Grand Court was called to order by Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr. Miss M. L. Chiles, Grand Worthy Register of Deeds called the roll of officers and after the credentials had been passed to the Committee on Credentials, the Grand Court was at ease and the Grand Lodge members filed into the joint session where the addresses of welcome were to be delivered and the responses made. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr presided as Master of Ceremonies. The local committee had arranged a programme under the management of District Deputy U. S. G. Patterson. The Mayor was unable to be present, but he deputized Sir D. H. Kizor (white) to represent him and right well did he perform the task. WELCOME ADDRESSES. His lecture upon Pythianism was entertaining, instructive and brilliant. He made a profound impression and was applauded at the close. Mr. E. H. Mayfield, (white) representing the Chamber of Commerce made remarks which immediately won favor with the audience. He had distributed souvenir booklets of Lynchburg, Grand Prelato T. H. White, D. D. of Clifton Forge responded in an able manner to Mr. Klizer and Grand Master of Work William M. Reid of Portsmouth, Va. was at his best in his response to Mr. Mayfield. Sir C. R. Stewart delivered the welcome on the part of the lodges of the city. It was a gem and elicited much applause. Mrs. L. B. Stevens extended the welcome on the part of the Courts and her timely remarks were met by a fitting response by Mrs. Rosa D. Bowyer of Richmond. OTHERS SPEAK. Dr. J. H. Ruff extended a welcome on behalf of the citizens and the response was delivered by Rev. J. R. Griffin of Richmond. Rev. L. R. W. Johnson delivered the welcome on the part of the clergy and the [Name] response was made by Rev. G. A. Newman of Harrisonburg. OTHER EXERCISES. The religious exercises were conducted by Rev. A. S. Thomas, D. D. of Richmond assisted by Rev. J. J. Carter of the same city. The exercises lasted nearly two hours and the white visitors sat an interested listeners throughout. Rev. J. H. Binford sang one of his shouts, benediction was announced and a recess was taken until 4 P. M. Tuesday afternoon. The Grand Lodge reconvened and the report of the Committee on Credentials was made, after which with some other preliminary business the body took a recess until 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. The Grand Court reconvened at 4:30 and after the report of the Committee on Credentials, the body took recess until Wednesday morning at 9:56. THE PUBLIC MEETING The public meeting Tuesday night at the Court St. Baptist Church was a success. It was 9 o'clock when Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. ascended the rostrum. Rev. G. A. Newman offered prayer. Music was rendered by the Court. St. Baptist Church Choir. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor delivered the address of the evening. He spoke to the attentive audience for nearly an hour, during which time he was listened to with rapt attention and applauded at the close. He explained Pythianism and discoursed upon finance. He recited anecdotes to illustrate his points and made his statements so plain that even a child could understand. P. FINE SINGING. The Court St. Baptist Church Choir under the leadership of Leader U. S. G. Patterson was at its best. The solo by Mr. C. E. X. Bolasseau was fine, while the duet by Mr. Hugh L. White and Mr. J. Thompson was all that could be desired. Miss E. C. Preston sang too with charming sweetness. The benediction being announced by the pastor, the audience filed out, well pleased with the evening's entertainment. (To Be Continued.) Mrs. Braxton Passen Away. Mrs. Emily Braxton, who for the past fifteen years was Matron of the Tent's Old Folks' Home, Hampton, Va. departed this life Saturday afternoon at 3:45 P. M. For a number of years she was Matron of the Colored Orphan Asylum. Her life was one of usefulness, a consistent Christian and a devoted grandmother. She leaves three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a sister to mourn their loss, but we know that our loss is her gain forever. Her granddaughter. EMMA J. BARLOW. 74 Years of Age. Mrs. Fannie Harris, who departed this life on Friday, June 14th at 5:15 P. M. was the only aunt of Mrs. A. E. Murchison. Mrs. Harris lived a Christian life for more than 50 years. She was a member of the First Afro Baptist Church where she was buried from Sunday, June 16th. For 14 years or more Mrs. Harris was cared for by her niece Mrs. A. E. Murchison, 2815 Gratier St., New Orleans, La. She leaves to mourn after her, three nieces Mrs. A. E. Murchison, Mrs. Daisy Miggins and Mrs. Anna Flowers. J. L. MURCHISON. Rub-My-Tism will cure you. —Cadet Fitzhugh Carter, whose ankle was sprained while in camp at Lynchburg is very much improved. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NOW IN SESSION AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. --- PRICE, FIVE CENTS. In Memoriam. Nottoway Co., Va. FITZGERALD...Died thirteen years ago this month. June 1912 is still in our memory, Roberta Fitzgerald. Our mother's busy hands are folded. Her work on earth is done. Her trials all are ended Her Heavenly crown is won. Good bye, mother dear, we know thou art gone Where no sickness or sorrow can come; Thou hark crossed over the river to rest under the shade. To be with our Savior at home. It's hard to break the tender cord. Where love has bound the heart. It's hard so hard, to speak the words Wear just forever part. HER CHILDREN. Mrs. Elnora Munford. 511 N. 12th Street. Richmond, Va. THE MASTER OF THE WORLD Marriage Announcement. Mrs. Robert S. Forrester announces the marriage of her daughter, Jeannette Lto Mr. Ed. Stanley Clark Tuesday, July 9th, 1912 at 12 M from St. Phillip's P. E. Church. No cards. Friends invited. PAYNE-CARTER Mrs. Mary M. Carter of Woodyville city, whose recent marriage to Mr. Arthur Payno came as a surprise to her many friends, left the city Saturday for her Summer home at Halmhead, Va. KNIGHTS OF PYTHAS Installation Exercises The Installation Exercises of the Subordinate Lodges of the Knights of Pythias, N. A. S. A. B. A. A. and A. and the subordinate courts of the Order of Culanthe will be held Tuesday night, July 16, 1912. 2 P. M. at the First Baptist Church. The public is invited to be present. The reports from the Grand Lodge and Grand Court recently in session at Lynchburg, Va. will be a feature. All officers are required to be present. Rev. Dr. Walter H. Brooks' Wife Dead News was received here that Mrs. Eva Brooks, wife of Rev. Walter H. Brooks, D. D., one of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church of Washington, D. C. had departed this life Wednesday. June 26th, at 12:45 P. M. after an illness of about three months. The funeral will take place today (Saturday) at 2 P. M. and the remains will be interred in the cemetery at Washington. I Miss Mabel Holmes and Mrs. Julia Holmes Dawson of this city together with Dr. John H. Holmes of Winchip, Ky. attended the funeral. Rub-M Them will cure you Dr. J. v. Caldwell. General Secretary Allen C. E. League will preach Sunday morning and evening at the Third St. A. M. E. Church. Baby Show. Third St. A. M. E. Church Tuesday night. Come and see the babies. Mrs. M. L. Merris Manager. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson of 18 E. Leigh St. have returned home after an extended Northern trip of two weeks and a half. They visited friends and relatives in New York City. Boston, Cambridge, West Newton, Waltham, Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Rev. L. W. Hill, President of the Clifton Forge Normal and Industrial Institute, Clifton Forge, Va. Is now traveling in interest of this school, which will open October 1st next. He spoke on last Sunday evening in the chapel of the Va. Normal and I. L. Petersburg, Va. The above named school has all modern improvements and doing a good work for elevation of the race. DO YOU WANT EASY, GENTEEL, and Profitable Work? No cheap fraud but an occupation that will yield a handsome income. Send a self addressed, stamped envelope to A. DUER, Box 215, Cape Charles, Va. WANTED-A reliable, experienced porter. Must be courteous and well recommended. Apply between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock P.M. Saturday. HERMANN SCHMIDT 504 East Broad St. WANTED General Agent for the National Real Estate Association. Address J. A. MOORE 818 Franklin St., Johnstown, Pa. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION FIFTH REGIMENT ARMORY BALTIMORE, JUNE 25. The convention will be held in the drill room of the Fifth regiment armory. The armory is near the Pennsylvania and B. and O. stations and occupies nearly two city blocks. It has a floor space of 200 by 300 feet, capable of seating 12,000 people. By the use of temporary and permanent balconies this is being increased to 20,000. Around the hall are twenty-one smaller rooms that can be used for the meeting of committees and for the press. The roof is vaulted and at the highest point is more than 100 feet above the floor. Windows are high, and there is good ventilation. Since the fire Baltimore has been rebuilt, and there are a number of first class new hotels. Average rates will be $3 and $4 a day. In addition citizens' homes will be thrown open. BY JAMES A. EDGIRTON. THE Democratic national convention of 1922 returns to the city where the first national convention of that party assembled eighty years ago. Up to and including 1924 presidential nominations were made by committees of congress. In that year the system was attacked, and between that and 1925 various conventions were held in different parts of the country, but no Democratic national convention, properly speaking, was assembled until 1922. That year one gathered at Baltimore and nominated President Andrew Jackson for a second term. The convention which named Martin Van Buren as Jackson's successor also met in Baltimore, but was a year ahead of time, being held in 1855. The four succeeding national conventions of the party were likewise held in the Maryland might prize, that of 1850 renaming James K. Peale, that of 1851 selecting Louis Cass and that of 1852 choosing Franklin Pierce. Thus for Baltimore as a Democratic convention city was busy, four of the five candidates named there having been elected. With 1951, however, the scepter and the torch departed from Baltimore. Four years later Bushman was nominated at Chennai. In 1952 the Democratic convention first met at Charleston and split into fragments, two of these latter resembling in Baltimore and naming two tickets, one headed by Stephen A. Douglas and the other by John C. Brookridge. A chiral fragment reconstructed at Richmond and indented Brookridge. This JOHN H. BURKE splitting of the once proud and triumphant Democracy made possible the election of Abraham Lincoln, and the party of Jefferson and Jackson, did not seat another president till 1854. Lincoln Renominated at Baltimore. In those days Baltimore was as much the national convention city as Chicago is now. Not only the Democrats, but the Whigs, assembled there, Henry Clay and General Winfield Scott being among the candidates of that party selected in the Maryland city. The Republicans followed suit only once; Abraham Lincoln being renominated in Baltimore in 1864. His Democratic opponent in that campaign was General George B. McCloath, nominated at Chicago. Only once has a Democratic convention gone to New York city. That was in 1858. Horatio Beymour was its permanent chairman, was spring as a dark horse candidate and nominated against his protest. The last Baltimore convention of any party was that of the Democrats, which named Horace Greely in 1872. CLARK HARMON UNDERWOOD WILSON MARSHALL Photos of Clark, Harmon, Underwood, Wilson and Burke copyright by American Press Association. Greely had already been made a candidate by the Liberal Republicans, and there was nothing left for the Democrats but to ratify him, which some of them did with wry faces. In its outcome that ticket was as ill starred as the one headed by Douglas twelve years earlier. It is an interesting coincidence that the first Democratic convention met in Baltimore just eighty years ago and the last one exactly forty years ago. Cincinnati; 1884. Grover Cleveland at At Chicago; 1888. Grover Cleveland at St. Louis; 1892. Grover Cleveland at Chil- icago; 1898. William J. Bryan at Chil- icago; 1900. William J. Bryan at Kans- city; 1904. Alton B. Parker at St. Louis; 1908. William J. Bryan at Den- ver. The conclave of this year will be the twenty-first regular. Democratic con- vention held and the ninth to meet in Baltimore. Only fifteen men have been named for president at the twenty pre- vious conventions, and but six of these were elected. Outside of the eight con- ventions in Baltimore four, were held in Chicago, three in St. Louis, two in Cincinnati and one each in New York, Kansas City and Denver. Everybody Claiming It. That ought to be enough statistics to hold the most omnivorous ear up of figures. If the average reader is THE CANDIDATES Champ Clark of Mo.; b. KY 1850; college president at twenty-three; prosecuting attorney; member of congress since 1893; minority leader, 1908-11; speaker since 1911. Woodrow Wilson of N. J.; b. Va., 1856; practiced law at Atlanta; professor in Bryn Mawr, Wesleyan and Princeton colleges; president Princeton, 1902-10; governor of N. J., since 1911. Judson Harmon of O.; b. O. 1846; judge in two courts; attorney general U. S., 1895-7; professor of law; receiver of two railroads; governor of O., since 1909. Oscar W. Underwood of Ala.; b. KY, 1862; practiced law at Birmingham; helped frame state constitution; member of congress since 1895; majority leader since 1911. Thomas R. Marshall of Ind.; b. Ind., 1854; lawyer at Columbia City; trustee Wabash college; governor of Ind., since 1909. Simeon E. Baldwin of Comm.; b. Conn. 1840; professor of law at Yale; chief justice state supreme court 1907-10; governor of Connecticut since 1911. John Burke of N. D.; b. Ia. 1859; county judge; member both houses state legislature; serving third term as governor of N. D. not accept by this time there is no hope of soothing him to slumber, and we may as well talk about something more interesting and up to date. But don't imagine from this that we are going into the prophet business and make a lot of wild guesses about who will be nominated at Baltimore. Not any prophecying for yours truly. First off, he does not know who will be nominated and holds rattler decided opinions that anybody who claims to know is a bigger char than Roosevelt says Taft and is almost as big as Taft says Roosevelt is Reason No. 2. Even if he didn't know, everybody favoring the other fellow would say he didn't and would not be convinced until the con- PETER H. BALDWIN vention had acted. After interviewing the managers of the various booms the writer is convinced that every can- didate will win, that none will win, that it will be a dark horse, that it will be Bryan, that it will-on, what's the use? Trying to reconcile the vari- ous claims would be making a raving bug out of a wooden finding. The press agent is abroad in the land, and he has Ananias, Baron Mun- chausen and all the other disciples of mendacity looking like the original truthful James. Press agent is not his proper name, however, for a press agent is supposed to tell the truth once in awhile. He is a "claim" agent and is on the job with both feet, likewise both elbows, both hands, both eyebrows and a perfectly marvelous mouth. To hear him tell it, his candidate has corralled all the delegates except a small minority that were fraudulently elected, also are weak minded, crooked and afflicted with other faults. At noon of June 25 Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, calls the convention to order in the Fifth regiment armory. Baltimore. He will look out on the largest convention ever assembled in America, 1,094 delegates, as many more alternates and probably 18,000 other people. Likewise he will face the brightest outlook for victory that the Democrats have seen in twenty years. He will see on the floor as a delegate at large from Nebraska the man who has thrice been the standard bearer of the party. There will be seven awarded candidates before the convention. How many will there be after the first ballot? It is now plain that no man will have a majority on the first ballot. Seven pronounced candidates are in the field and the order of their strength as nearly as it can be arrived at is as follows: Champ Clark will be in the land, with Woodrow Wilson not far behind. Third place will rest between Judson Harrington and Oscar W. Underwood. Governor Marshall of Indiana, Baldwin of Connecticut and Burke of North Dakota, will each have the vote of his state and possibly a few delegates besides. Several dark horses will be in the background, notable among them being William J. Bryan, Mayor W. J. Gaynor of New York and Senator John W. Kern of Indiana. The ninety delegates from New York state are not instructed, and if they should be thrown to Gaynor he would at once become a formidable candidate. It is believed that Indiana would at any time throw her thirty votes to Kern, if he should have a chance for the nomination. As for Bryan, there is more or less sentiment for him in most of the delegations that might develop into a stampede in case of a dandlock. He will be a delegate, and the country in ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Photos of Murphy and Mack $ \textcircled{2} $ by Ameri can Press Association. Prominent Democrats at the Convention. not without evidence of what that tongue may do with a national convention. The meeting will be under bright ample. The party will be more nearly united than it has been at any time since 1831. It has, in more than sixty majority in the national house of represidents, governors of most of the states, a strong working minority of the United States Senate that, with the assistance of the La Follette Republican, often becomes an actual majority in the administration of the two chief cities and of a majority of the other large cities of the country and a prospect of victory that impresses with every turn of the political wheel. It flows a few rent in twain by internecine warriors. It was during the second Cleveland administration that the Democratic party was torn by internal dissension. As a result it has been out of power for nearly fifteen years. Now the shoe is on the other foot; the Republicans are split and the Democrats are united. Does this mean asking a swing of the pendulum in the other direction? The historic associations of Baltimore more will remind the delegates that the party can look back on more than 150 years of unbroken party existence. The groundwork was held during the debates on the constitution and the administration of Washington. The annual beginning of the party as a national entity was the candidacy of Thomas Jefferson for the presidency in 1776. Four years later he was elected and for nearly a quarter of a century the Democratic Republican party held complete sway. Then came the four years blitz of John Quincy Adams, who called himself a national Republican and was readily the founder of the Whig party. After that twelve years of Jackson and Van Buren and Alabama ..... 24 Nebraska ..... 16 Alaska ..... 6 Nevada ..... 6 Arizona ..... 6 N. Hampshire ..... 8 Arkansas ..... 18 New Jersey ..... 28 California ..... 26 New Mexico ..... 8 Colorado ..... 12 New York ..... 90 Connecticut ..... 14 N. Carolina ..... 24 D. of Colbia ..... 6 N. Dakota ..... 10 Delaware ..... 6 Ohio ..... 48 Florida ..... 12 Oklahoma ..... 20 Georgia ..... 26 Oregon ..... 10 Hawaii ..... 6 PennsyLvnia ..... 76 Idaho ..... 6 Phillipines ..... 6 Illinois ..... 58 Porter Rice ..... 6 Indiana ..... 30 Rhode Island ..... 10 Iowa ..... 26 S. Carolina ..... 18 Kansas ..... 20 S. Dakota ..... 10 Kentucky ..... 28 Tennessee ..... 24 Louisiana ..... 30 Texas ..... 40 Maine ..... 12 Utah ..... 8 Maryland ..... 16 Vermont ..... 8 Massachusetts ..... 28 Virginia ..... 24 Michigan ..... 24 Washington ..... 14 Minnesota ..... 24 W. Virginia ..... 18 Mississippi ..... 24 Wisconsin ..... 26 Missouri ..... 38 Wyoming ..... 6 Montana ..... 8 Total ..... 1,094 then alternating administrations with the Whigs until the clouds of civil war obscured the Democratic sun, until its partial re-emergence under Cleveland. Baltimore is closely associated with much of this history. There meet the first Democratic national convention ever held, and there were nominated Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Cami, Pierce, Douglas and Greely. It is a very different Baltimore that will greet the Democratic visitors this year. Since the great fire it has been rebuilt into a progressive modern city. In 1910 Baltimore was given a population of 853,485 and was the seventh city in the country. It still is a commercial center for much of the south and still regards Washington as a suburb, although the national capital has nearly two-thirds Baltimore's population. Better than all, the Maryland city still boasts the true southern hospitality. The scene in a national convention 187910 PREVIOUS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS IN BALTIMORE: First convention, 1832; nominee, Andrew Jackson. Convention of 1875; nominee, Martin Van Buren. Marmont Convention of 1840; nominee. Martin Van Buren. Convention of 1844; nominee. James K. Polk. Convention of 1848, nominee. Lewis Cass. Convention of 1852, nominee. Franklin Pierce. Convention of 1860, nominee. Stephen A. Douglas; also bolt- ing convention ten days later; nominee, John C. Breckinridge. Convention of 1872; nominee. Horace Greeley. Henry Clay and Winfield Scott. Whigs, and Abraham Lincoln. Republican (second time), were also nominated at Baltimore. of either of the great parties is one norer to be forgotten. It is distinctively American. There is nothing quite like it in all the rest of the world. Here we make our rulers, who for a certain fixed period have more absolute power than any monarch unless it be the car of all the Russians. Here we shape the policies that control congress. Here we reorganize the parties that rule the states. The prevailing color scheme of any national convention is made up of the red, white and blue. Flags and hunting are everywhere. The tone theme is one of patriotic music, oratory and enthusiasm. The contest between the supporters of the various candidates is one of lung power. That, of course, is only the surface of the fight, but it is the surface that is seen by the spectator. Down on the floor the delegates are not doing so much cheering, but are engaged in a mighty struggle for votes. But to the onlooker it is a medley of color and of sound. The demonstration when the different candidates are named is a contest of sheer human endurance. The participants cheer till they are compelled to stop from physical exhaustion. Little flings are waved by thousands of hands. Cheers go up in a volume of sound that drowns the band and merges the individual voices into one continuous roar. Now and then will come a full when the band can be heard faintly on some patriotic air. First one voice and then another will take it up until the entire vast assemblage is singing. At the end the cheers burst forth once more in mightier volume than at first. Minutes pass, and the uproar continues. Improvised sessions of delegates march about the floor. Everything that can make a noise is brought into requisition, but the human voice dominates all the rest. It howls, it yells, it lets out Indian warhoops, it trilers it godels, it hurrahs, when it yells some more. Some of these demonstrations have lasted an hour. Several of them have continued half an hour. The scene in the various hotels is as characteristic as that of the convention hall itself. Here the various candidates and state delegations have their headquarters. Here are the case- counsel and secret conferences that are often more potent in deciding the issue than the actual convention sessions. Many of these nomination battles have been fought out in the hotels during all night conclaves, the convention the next day merely registering the verdict. In the Democratic convention that will be called to order by Chairman Norman E. Mack on June 25 there are to be very few contests, so that there will be little time taken on the report of the credentials committee. The platform will occasion more debate, but even here there are no great issues dividing the delegates. There will be some difference of opinion on a few details, especially on the wool schedule of the tariff plank, but in the main the delegates are already agreed on the declaration of principles. William J. Bryan expects to have a hand in framing the platform, as he has had in framing every Democratic platform CLARRY for the past fifteen years. The platform adopted, the real contest of the convention will be on. First there will be the battle of the orators in presenting the candidates, then the battle of the ballots in choosing the man who is to hear the standard till November and perhaps is to be the head of the nation for the next four years. Who will it be? Well, any of the candidates is a good bet, only don't bet too much. Also, be sure. MORGAN ROBERTSON Interesting Career of the Author of "The Wreck of the Titan." Morgan Robertson, the novelist who fourteen years ago wrote the prophetic romance "The Wreck of the Titan" and is besides the author of a long series of popular sea stories, is a thoroughgoing sailor and has acquired his "focal color" in most of the seven seas. He is the son of an old time skipper of the great lakes and his inherited love of ships took him at the age of sixteen aboard the Boston ship Ringleader on a voyage to Shanghai. He remained with her until he reached Liverpool, where he shipped on another boat for New York. After that he sailed the lakes for a season and for the next seven or eight years varied his sailing experience between fresh and salt water cruises. Mr. Robertson gives a suggestion of the hard knocks received in his sailor days in some remarks of his about discipline. "I served a long time before the mast," he says, "and during that service got kicked and cuffed into me such THE WEEKLY PRESS deep respect for authority that I can never meet a big brute of a second mate to this day—never meet anything that is labeled ship's officer—but I want to say to him 'Aye, sir,' and stand around for him. I got to be a mate myself, but the habit had got ground into me long before that, and # Micka. And I was not personally the respectful authority either. Even now, after twenty years away from the sea, as soon as I step on a ship I feel object. I cried before anybody with the voice of command." But Mr. Robertson's experiences include many more than those of the sailor's life. He left the sea and learned the trade of watchmaking and, having become expert in that branch of the jeweler's calling, developed into a successful diamond seller. It was during his later years in the jewelry business that he turned his attention to magazine writing, and in a few years he had made a reputation as one of the best writers of sea stories. Among his beat known works are "A Tale of a Halo," "Spun Yarn," "Masters of Men," "Shipmates," "Down to the Sea" and "Sinful Peck." Like Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, Robertson has the knack of making his tales of adventure so real and circumstantial that his readers are prepared to learn that some of his innings have "wome true." The remarkable fulfillment of his forecast of a great sea tragedy had a less conspicuous parallel in his engagement by a submarine boat company to develop the ideas set forth in one of his stories, "The Submarine Destroyer." Mr. Robertson has given his notion of story writing as a sort of hypnotism. "You've got to get hypnotized by your idea," he says, "before you can get enough above yourself to write anything at all worth printing, and there's always the danger of that sort of thing going too far—going so far you can't get back." So he thinks Joseph Conrad writes his sea stories and Kipling and others dream stories that none of them could do if wide awake. "They are hypnotized by the men and women who are suffering the reality, though they may not know at all why these men and women are. So Victor Hugo got the stuff for his tales of horror, and so do all who the any creative work get their stuff, or some of it. And each and every one risks losing his individuality in the process. Ordinary mechanical brain work, adding up figures or composing English, tills the brain, to be sure, but does not hypnotize it as creative work does—does not unplease it, as it were, from your own identity." FISHING TRIP FATAL TO CONGRESSMAN Representative Robert C. Wickliffe, of Louisiana, was run down on the tracks of the southern railway in Potomac park, near Washington, and in stanty tilt. He had left the capital on a fishing trip. How Mr. Wickliffe happened to stray on the railroad tracks has not been cleared up. The engineer of the train said he saw the congressman too to avoid the accident. News of the tragic death of the prominent southern representative travelled fast, but did not reach Mr. Wickliffe (before the head started for the capital, as well daily custom, to watch the proceedings in the house. That body was about to adjourn out of respect to the memory of Mr. Wickliffe when several members helped to abate a gunman of his wife in the gallery. Photo was a buried confession. In response to terminal of Lorton lana, and Cloop, of Indiana, made their way quickly to where Mrs Wickliffe was getting and invited her down steps to Snoqualmie Clark's office. There, nearly as they could, they broke the news to her Mrs Wickliffe fainted. Mr Wickliffe was alone when killed. The accident was on the railroad embankment at the north end of the railroad to be over the Potomac river, just at the entrance to the Potomac park, which borders the river in the southwest section of Washington. Despite sign at that point warning against trespassing on the railroad property there, Wickliffe was seen to climb the elevation, apparently unconscious of the oncoming train. He was struck and instantly killed. A deep gash was cut on his forehead and the body was badly crushed. U. S. BLUEJACKETS LAND Sixty-five Sailors With Mountain Gun Guarding Cuban Mines. The United States gunboat Nashville landed at Mayari, Cuba, about five miles south of Nipo bay, on the northern coast, a detachment of sixty-five blue jackets with a mountain gun for the protection of the Woodfred mines. The sailors will later be replaced by marines. The scene of deprections seems now to have shifted to this locality. Absolute quiet prevails in Havana and no news of any disturbance in the vicinity of the capital has come to hand. The government declares that no dispatches have reached it containing news from the province of Ortelete. During the night the police made many arrests of negroes who are charged with conspiracy. SAYS HE KILLED FATHER Youth Confesses He Poisoned Bruta Parent's Whisky. George Elmer Watt, eighteen years old, in a written confession which he made before Squire Truall and Assistant District Attorney Cope in Greensburg, Pa., says he murdered his father, Thomas R. Watt, on Sunday, May 19, by poisoning whisky his father drank. A tale of a son not yet of age being goaded to despair by the brutality of a father was unfolded when Corporal Carl Dresser, of Troop A, stike police, fastened the crime upon young Watt, whom he arrested at his home in Franklin township. Watt is now being held in the county jail. --- THREE DROWNED AS BOAT UPSETS LIFE GUARDS SAVED THEM Motor Launch Is Capsized by Big Comber and Rigging Drags Victims to Death. Three were drowned and four comber brought ashore unguards at the Island fifty miles south of Alandu. N. S. All are residents of that. This was caused by the engine or boat going cold while a store The drowned are less than thirty years old. He was, thirty two years old. He was seven years old. Captain Foul Swammon old. William Wilmor, to and two others yet uninhabitable. Capey reached a bar a mile from the beach when rough water gave him trouble. Fighting hard they tried to need shipping the waves. Finally a large comber tumbled upon them, putting the engine out of commission. Then others piled over the edge and the launch capsized and they were towed out. Larson and Hergren were tangled in some of the equipment and the others went to their assistance. In their desperate effort to free the doomed men the rest of the party finally became exhausted and started to go under. At this point Swanson set the example for his guests by fastening a line about his waist and returning to the trapped pair. The others tried to follow him, but they were too far gone. Olson finally managed to swim weakly to Swanson's assistance, but became entangled in the equipment. Swainson became unconscious, and the two he had been working to save and Olson disappeared beneath the water. The federal guards in the mean time were trying to reach the drowning men. When they got to the side of the boat they were just in time to get Swainson, Wilmer and two others, whose names could not be ascertained in the confusion. * It was seen that the others were dead, but they were cut loose by the crotons and all taken ashore. The time who had been under water for forty ten minutes before the guards arrived showed signs of life, although everything was done to revive them. The others responded to resuscitation, methods after a half hour's gruelling work on the part of their rescuers. Taft Vetoes Bill That Ousta Gen. Wood The president vetoed the army appropriation bill. He returned the bill to congress with a message indicating his disapproval of the legislation that would oust Major General Wood from the office of chief of staff on March 1 next. In his message the president said: "The army of the United States is far too vital an institution to the people of this country to be made the victim of hasty or imperfect theories of legislation. As was pointed out by the chairman of the Senate military committee, it is well known that the war college and the general staff have been for many months engaged upon a comprehensive plan of army reorganization. "At the present time, therefore, it is especially inappropriate in my opinion to force upon the statute books legislation enacted without the usual deliberation and care. I cannot conscientiously surrender the responsibility in shaping such laws with which I am vested under the constitution. I therefore return to your honorable body without my approval the said bill." The president did not veto the bill because of my fault in its appropriations, but because of legislation which congress had added. He declared the practice of attaching legislation to an appropriation with the intent of depriving the president of his constitutional power of veto could not be defended. Eagle Attacks Girl. The largest eagle ever seen or shot in Connecticut attacked Emma Trewald, an eight-year-old girl, in the rear of her home in Westport, near South Norwalk. The bird, which measured seven feet from tip to tip of the wings, soared down on the child as she was picking daisies. The eagle grabbed the girl by the back of her gingham dress with his claws and started to its away with her, but the goods gave way and the child fell into the grass. The eagle was returning to renew the attack, when the child's cries alarmed Richard Trewald, the father, and he came out with a shotgun and, using both barrels, brought the king of the girl to the ground. Even then the bird put up a stubborn fight and clawed Mr. Trewald vitiously when he approached it. The girl was inacquired somewhat by the bird's claws and was brushed by her fall, to the ground, but her injuries are not serious. Three Meet Death In Air Three men met a horrible death high in Elizabeth, N. J., on a high tension wire of the Public Service corporation. For more than an hour their burning bodies remained swaying above the street until relinquished by firemen. The victims were William Willridge, of Mount Vernon, N. J.; Frank Jackson, of Newark, and Albert Burbank, of Fords' Corner, N. J. All were linemen employed by the Light and Power corporation. Willridge was adjusting a metal cross arm on the pole when he came in contact with the wire. Death was almost instantaneous. Jackson and Burbank, who were working on the pole below him, climbed up to his aid, only to die as he had. The tragedy occurred in the heart of the residence section of Elizabeth, but the horrortreicken witnesses of the affair could render no aid until the current had been shut off and the firemen brought ladders to take the bodies down. Save Chum Set Him Afire. Charles Hastings, the ten-year-old son of William Hastings, lies in the hospital in Salisbury, Md., critically burned as the result of a prank by his companion, a boy fifteen years old, named Niblett. Young Hastings regained consciousness to tell his story, which was as follows: "Niblett asked me to go boat riding with him, and when I got in the boat he poured coal oil all over me and gave me a match and told me to burn it off my clothes. I wouldn't do it, so he stirred a match and threw it on me, and the games shot up over my heart. Some man jumped into the boat and threw me into the river. That's all I knew until I got here." Young Niblett is missing from town and is being sought by the police. Man Killed In Strike Riot. A thousand striking inmates permeated the plant of the American Smoking and Refining company in Perth Amboy, N.J., and were fired on by deputy sheriffs. One striker was killed and three others were wounded. With the first volley from the officers the strikers fell back. The man killed was Steven Dudlock. He was shot twice through the neck. Those injured are in a critical condition. All of the men were strikers. They were shot by the deputies who fired to prevent the men from getting fire to the Firehouse plant of the smoking company. Our Horse Population 23,778,431. According to the year book for 1911 of the department of agriculture, the number of horses in the United States excluding the Philippine Islands, was 23,778,181; the total of Canada was 23,775,725; the total of Central America was 23,725,724; South America, 9,155,425; Austria-Hungary, 1,199,621; European Russia, 23,548,766. Beef Trust to Dissolve. Attorney, General Wickersham in Washington was advised that the National Factoring company would be voluntarily solved by the boot packer by Aug. 1. In view of this action, Mr. Wickersham announced that the government would hold in advance the civil suit which it proposed to bring against the company to compel its disintegration. TRIES TO KILL DAUGHTER BEFORE HE IS HANGED Chokes Girl in Cell Prior to March to Gallows. With but a few hours to live. Jan Ribarik, in Washington, Pa., condemned to die on the gallows, attempted to add another to the list of his victims by trying to strangle his daughter when she appeared at his cell to bid him goodbye. Antonia Ribarik was a witness against her father at the trial, and it is said that her testimony was most damaging to her father's case. Ribarik had threatened to kill her before he was hanged, but a week ago he apently became reconciled to her and was gald to have become converted through her efforts. She called to see her father, and as she stepped forward to kiss him he grasped her by the throat with both hands and was strangling her when guards beat him in onslaught with an iron bar. Later he was led to the galtows and hanged, without expression of regret for his crimes or his attack upon his daughter. Ribarik was executed for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Novak and Stephen Stanyofi, a boarder, during a quarrel caused by the Novakie sheltering Antonia Ribarik, when her father turned her out of his home. ABOLISH COMMERCE COURT Senate Refuses to Provide For It Vote Was 36 to 23. The senate, 26 to 23, voted to abolish the commerce court by refusing to provide for the court in the judicial appropriation bill. The house had struck out provision for the court and the senate voted down an amendment to restore it. Deserted, Kitts, Infant and Herself. Albandoned by her husband, Mrs. Susan L. Donahue burned on the car in her bedroom and then lay down with her two-year-old son in their home at 23 Emmerson street, Newark N.J. They were shot dead when nog Hawkins-Johnson MANUFACTURING CO., Hair Grower and Restorer, 616 R. 1st Street. - Richmond, Va. Will positively remove all Dandruff and cure the scalp of all impurities. 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Harris, formerly the chief engineer at the Medica (Chirurgical hospital in Philadelphia), and who had been blind for eight years, went forth from the hospital, his sight in one eye partially restored by a delicate and dating operation, which has never been successfully attempted. The white opaque tissue that had lain across the tell of his eye, obscuring his vision, had been removed and the healthy, living tissue of an other patient, otherwise disabled, had been grafted in its place. The physiological action in the substance-forming the eye had done the rest. Dr. L. Whittier Fox, the eye specialist, performed the operation, which in twenty three days restored the man's sight so that he can walk without aid. Dr. Fox said that the outcome of the operation is not finally settled, and that he would not care to discuss it until the ultimate result is absolutely determined. Harris went to the hospital on the 21st of May and the operation was performed at once. As a result of an explosion of hydroammonia eight years ago November the transient tissues covering the front of the eye through which the light rays are admitted to the retina were destroyed by the burn, and in their place a white, opaque substance, similar to the cortex, formed over the retina, excluding all light. The operation consisted of cutting away, film at a time, the white tissue that clouded the eye, until only one thin film held the liquid substance within the interior of the eyeball. Then carefully the healthy translucent films from the otherwise disabled eye of another man were grafted over the pupil. Three persons were killed, and a score more injured when a tornado caused the steeple of St. Thomas Catholic church in Zanesville, Ohio to crash through the roof while services were in progress. Rev. F. R. Roach was struck and killed while administering the last sacraments, as 500 of the congregation were fleeing from the church, panic stricken. When the steeple came crashing through the roof the congregation made a mad rush for the doors, and the victims were killed and injured by the falling roof or in the crash near the doors. The storm did terrific damage in Zanesville. Hundreds of homes were practically ruined and thousands of trees uprooted. The loss is estimated at $500,000. Grace Picter, seventeen years old, was perhaps totally injured in the factory of the American Flag Manufacturing company in Easton, Pa., when her hair caught in a machine that she was operating and was torn from her head, together with a portion of the scalp. She was bending over to pick up an article that had fallen under the machine, and her hair caught in a shaft. It drew her toward the machine and in an instant stripped a portion of the scalp hair, beside gearing off the Three Killed In Church Machine Half Scales Her. Telephone, Madison-4601. love all Dandruff and cure the Hair on clean Temples and head. GARANTEED. 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It is estimated that this popular prank of lightning out the owner, who was preparing to ship the hogs to market, fled. Suicide on Mother's Grave. Otto Tosetti, president of the Tosettl Brewing company, committed suicide on his mother's grave in Oaily woods cemetery in Chicago. Three Dead in Georgia Wreck. Three persons were killed and more than fifty were hurt when a Western & Atlantic excursion train running from Calhoun, Ga., to Chattanooga, Tenn., was wrecked at Dalton, Ga., by the spreading of the rafts. SENATOR ROOT. Elected Temporary Chairman of Republican Convention. J. Postoffice Safe Robbed. The sale in the postoffice in Strat- ford, Conn. was blown with dynamite and about $1500 in skamps taken. AGENTS FOR THE PLANET RICHMOND, VA. Mrs. Annie Walbarrow, 4th & Broad W. H. White, 501 W. Leigh Street. Peter Thompson, 422 E. Marshal Street. Wim. H. Scott, 2218 E. Main St. Miss Ruth Cary, 1018 N. 2d St. R. B. Sampson, 623 N. 2d St. J. Nickerson, 31 W. Leigh Street. N. Winston, 637 Brook Ave. C. D. Griffin, 224 S. 2d St. William B. Smith, 3 W. Leigh St. Tom Bird. Thomas Page, 815 State Street. James L. Stewart, 426 Bropk Ave. David Page, Sr., 922 N. $1st St. Clarence Williams 1411 Ross Street. M. C. Waller, 1100 W. Leigh St. E. Dandridge, 107 V. Baker Street. W. H. Brown, 405 W. Leigh St. LONG BRANCH, N. J. Jesse W. Shreaves 182 Belmont Ave. HACKENSACK, N. J. D. H. Hassell, R. R. Ave., Nr Clay St. OAKLAND, CAL. P. I. Sailter, 1025-8th Avenue. J. EW. Naby, 1736-7th St. PORTSMOUTH, VA. J. T. P. Cross, 2621 Emingham St. NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Richard Robertson, 1810 River-road. J. C. Allen, 2107 Marshall Ave. Charles G. Davis, 504-25th St. CLEVELAND, O. E. F. Boyd, 2604 Central Ave. Jas. H. Jackson, 3315 Central Ave. C. Branum, 657 Shawmut Ave. BROOKLYN, N. Y. John H. Ashby, 136 Steuben St. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Charles M. Thomas 40 N. Indiana Av Harold P. Douglas, 11 N. Kentucky Avenue. Oscar Henry, 21 N. Kentucky Ave. TARBORO, N. C. V. E. Howard. WILMINGTON, N. C. Wm. H. Moore. NORFOLK, VA. John DeBona, 610 Church St. Thomas E. W. Perry, 2 Jones Place. STAUNTON VA. J. H. Allen, 120 S. Augusta St. A. C. Mabrey, 127 E. Main St. Wendall Derritt, 714 Nelson St. FARMVILLE, VA. Rev. R. O. Adams, 218 South St. CHICAGO, U. S. R. M. Harvey, 3924 State Street. W. Gaughan, 2636 State Street. D. Bishop, 512 E. 35th St. BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS, V.A. Miss Marion Minter. DALLAS, TEXAS. Gilmore & Baltimore, 717 Palomont Street. WASHINGTON, D. C. J. S. Jones, 1620 U St., N. W. Columbia News Agency, 921-D St. N. W. BUTLER, PA. Walter Mills, 204 Mulberry St. CAMDEN, N. J. C. N. Green, 821 Kaighn Avenue. PETERSBURG, VA. E. H. Evans, 258 Harrison St. BRIDGES LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. For Fords and South: 8:15 A. M. and 7:35 P. M. for carriage. For Norfolk: *8:15 P. M. 9:00 A. M. *2:00 P. M. 4:10 P. M. *2:00 P. M. For N. & W. Ry. West: 6:15 A. M. 10:00 A. M. *0:00 P. M and 9:20 P. M. Newbury: 1:00 A. M. 6:15 A. M. *8:20 A. M. 10:00 A. M. 10:00 A. M. *8:00 P. M. 4:10 P. M. 11:45 P. M. P. M. 1:35 P. M. 9:20 P. M. 11:45 P. M. For colliiboro and Payetteville: *8:10 P. M. Saine arrive Richmond daily: 6:20 A. M. A. M. 6:15 A. M. *8:37 A. M. *8:40 A. M. 6:15 A. M. *8:37 A. M. *2:00 P. M. *8:25 P. M. 6:00 P. M. 6:35 A. M. *2:00 P. M. 2:00 P. M. *10:25 P. M. 11:50 P. M. Intercept Sunday. *Sunny only. Time of arrival and departure and connection LOUISVILLE, KY. Jesse E. Brown, 1216 W. Green St. ST. LOUIS MO. W. A. Price, 5 N. 14th St. DRAKES BRANCH, VA. Clem Green. LOS ANGELES, CAL. A. D. Lacey, 790 San Pedro St. MONESSEN PA. Smith & Williams, 602 81st St. FARMVILI E, VA. J. C. Carter, Box 133. LEESBUR I, VA. Miss Cora L. Wright. NEWARK N. J. Wm. H. Nelson, 99 High St. FLORENCE, S. O. E. B. Webstor. DURHAM, N. C. J. Victor Adams, 405 Mobile Ave. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Royal Purveyor, 713 E. 2nd St. JETERSVILLE, VA. Mr. L. B. Clarkson, R. F. D. No. 1. Box 77. N. B. - Following schedule figures published on information and not guaranteed. A. M. - Daily - Laval for Charlotte Durham and A. M. - Daily - M. - Daily - Limited for all point south. D. M. - Daily - Puffed Sleeping Car to Asheville, N. C. - Daily - Except Sunday - Local for Durham and inter- mational. 8:00 P. M. - Daily - For Daville, Atlanta, Northampton, with electric-Lighted Drawing Houser Sunday, 1:45 P. M. - M. - Daily Limited - For all point south - Pullman ready at 8:00 P. M. YORK RIVER LINE. 4:30 P. M. - Sunday - To West Point, connecting for Montreal Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 4:00 P. M. - Wednesday, Sunday and 8:15 P. M. - Monday, Wednesday and Friday - Local to West Point. TRANS ARRIVE RICHMOND. From West Point, 4:30 A. M.; 8:40 A. M. 4:00 P. M. daily; 2:00 P. M. daily. From West Point, 9:00 A. M. daily; 1:35 A. M. Wednesday and Friday; 4:25 P. M. Lundi. N. E. BURGESS, D. P. A. 97 East Main Street, Thong, Malawi C. & O. 6:00 A. Daily: Fast trains to Old Point. 6:00 P. Newport News and Norfolk. 7:00 A. Daily: Local to Newport News. 7:00 P. Daily: Local to Old Point. 7:00 P. Daily: Louisville and Cincinnati. 11:00 P. Pollinates. 6:45 P. Daily: "St. Louis Chicago Special." Pullman. 8:30 A. Daily-Charlotteville. Week days. Hoboken. 6:15 P. Daily: Local to Gordonsville. 10:00 A. Daily: Lunging Lay. C. Gorg. 6:15 P. Week days. To Lynchburg. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. Local from East-8:35 A. M.; 8:50 P. M. Through from East-11:35 A. M.; 8:35 P. M. Local from West-8:35 A. M.; 8:40 A. M. 7:20 P. M. Through-7:08 A. M.; 8:45 P. M. James River Line-8:35 A. M.; 8:35 P. M. SEABOARD AIR LINE Southbound trains scheduled to leave Ridley, daily: 9:10 A. M.-Local to Norfolk, 1:00 A. M.-Sleepers and coaches, Atlanta, Birmingham, Tampa, Florida, patterson, 1:12 P. M.-Florida Limited, daily, day: X. P. M.-Sleepers and coaches, Birmingham, Camptown, Atlanta, Birmingham and Tampa, scheduled to arrive Richmond daily, 5:10 A. M.-Local to Richmond, daily: 8:00 P. M.-Birmingham, FINE TAILORING ALPHEUS SCOTT CHURCH HILL Funeral Director and Embalmer OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Office and Warerooms: 8006½ P Street. Office 'Phone, Madison 2837-L. Residence — 1224 St. John St. 'Telephone, Madison 6019. LADY ATTENDANT. Richmond, Virginia. STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, PURE WHISKEY ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia OLD PA PLANET OWN OLD PAPERS 15c per humdred at the PLANET OFFICE. Send when in need. JOHN M. Higgins, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES, -WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street. (Near Old Market.) Subscribe to THE PLAGUE. BIOHOND. N. B. Blount, 22 W. Worth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. E. P. Mackens, 1116 Pine Street. James E. Warwick, 254 B. 11th St. Mrs. Larvinia Aldridge, 521 B. 12th Street. Harry A. Clark, 117 Craighead St. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Douglass A. A., P. A., 910 Westminster Street. HARTFORD, CONN. George M. Hall, 150 Albany Ave. ST. PAUL MINN. W. J. Utley, 94 E. 5th Street. NEW YORK, N. Y. * W. Anderson, 2162-5th Avenue, Anthony Burrell, 131 W. 53rd St. Mrs. Leanna Hamilton, 8 W. 135th B Edward Gibson, 114 W. 135th St. Samuel Hobbs, 228 E. 127th St. E. A. Williana, 200 W. 63d St. J. E. Schmidt, 263 W. 35th St. PLAINFIELD, N. J. Rev. J. A. Carter, 533 E. 3rd Street SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Charles Ludwig, P. O. Box 1776. NEW ORLEANS, LA. World's News Co., Box 1424. A. O. Smith, 202 S. Rampart St. Special Correspondents and Agents F. Z. S. Peregrino, 121 Loop Street, Cape Town, S. A. J. S. Moore 26 itua dos Capitães Bahia, Brazil. THE ECONOMY. 316 North Third Street. CLEANING, DYING AND REPAIRING. CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. Will Satisfy the Lover on the Night Kind of Stimulant. Special Prices We Have All Grades of Good Liquor, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and See Us. H. F. JONATHAN. FISH OYSTERS PRODUCE 114 N. 177TH ST. RICHMOND, VA. All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention. Long Distance Phone, Madison-752. RAILROADS. ACCOMMODATION TRAINING - WEEKDAYS. Loare Bay 6.400 A.M. 6.000 P.M. For Bourkeharsburg. Loare Klin 7.45 A.M. 8.25 P.M. For Ankend. Arbrook 8.25 A.M. 9.30 P.M. For Bristolbury. Arbrook Klin 9.30 A.M. 8.30 P.M. From Ankend. *Daily. *Weekdays. *Sundays only.* Time of arrival and departures not guaranteed. Read the sign. N. & W. NORFOLK WESTERN. Schedule in Effect May 14, 1911. Leave Lynd Street station, Richmond, POR NORFOLK P. M. A. M. a. 8:58 P. M. "4:10 P. M. b7:00 P. M. FOR LYNCHBURG AND THE WEST: "8:58 A. M. "10:00 A. M. a3:00 P. M. "8:58 P. M. M. "10:00 A. M. a3:00 P. M. "8:58 P. M. b11:45 A. M. "6:53 P. M. b10:25 P. M. "13:58 P. M. From the West: "6:55 A. M. a2:58 P. M. b2:15 P. M. "6:06 P. M. "9:00 P. M. Daily, adultly except Sunday, Sunday only Pollution, Carrier and Sleeping Cars, Cafe Dining Cars. C. H. HOLLEY. D. P. A. Richmond, Va. ATLANTIC COAST LINE EFFECTIVE JULY 1911 C. R. CAMPBELL. D. P. A. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Premier Carrier of the South. TAFT WINS ON FIRST BALLOT 344 Roosevelt Delegates Refused to Vote—Sherman Unopposed For Vice President. With nearly 344 of the Roosevelt delegates declining to vote and hastening away at adjournment time to tender to Colonel Roosevelt the nomination of a new party, the fifteenth Republican national convention at the end of a long and tumultuous session renominated William Howard Taft, of Ohio, for president, and James Schoolcraft, Sherman, of New York, for vice president. President Taft received 561 of the 1078 votes in the convention, or 21 more than a majority. The detailed vote was: Taft, 561; Roosevelt, 107; LaFollette, 41; Cummins, 17; Hughes, 2; not voting, 344; absent, 6. The total vote for vice president was: Sherman, 597; Borah, 21; Haddley, 14; Merriam, 20; Beveridge, 2; Gillette, 1. The announcement of the Taft victory was greeted with cheering from his adheren's and groans and hisses from the opposition. In the confusion just before adjournment a resolution was adopted giving the national committee power to declare vacant the seat of any man on the committee refusing to support the nominee of the regular convention of 1912. When it became absolutely certain that Mr. Taft would be nominated without great difficulty the leaders in control of the convention decided to give him as a running mate his companion on the ticket in 1908. All others dropped from the race and Mr. Sherman was the only candidate regularly placed before the convention. A motion from New Hampshire to make the nomination by acclamation was declared out of order. There were many scattering vote or the roll call that ensued. The revolt of many Roosevelt delegates in the convention was apparent from the moment the permanent roll containing the names of contested delegates was approved. A "valedictory" statement was read in behalf of Colonel Roosevelt, asking that his name be not presented, and that his delegates sit in mute protest against further proceedings. At no time was there an indication of a walkout of Roosevelt delegates. They expressed their retaliot by silence. The friends of Mr. Taft were in control of the convention from the opening until the close. The fight for contested delegates was carried to the credentials committee and to the floor of the convention. The battle began as soon as Senator Ellin Root, of New York, was elected temporary chairman, and at times the police in attendance were called upon to restore order. Tac Taft, and Roosevelt delegations vied with each other cheering and parading the ales of the hall. During the second day's session Colonel Roosevelt issued a statement to his delegates urging them to bolt in a body if his contested delegates were not seated. But Governor Hadley, or Missouri, and Senator Borah, of Idaho Roosevelt floor leaders in the convention, refused to bolt and form a new party and a split among the Roosevelt delegates was threatened. Colonel Roosevelt then issued a statement after conferring with his leaders that they should take no part whatever in the convention proceedings unless the "fraudulent" and "atolen" delegates, ninety-two in number for Mr. Taft, were unseated. From that time on 344 delegates refrained from voting. In the closing moments of the convention a resolution was passed under the gaven giving the national committee the power to fill all vacancies and empowering the committee to declare vacant the seat of any member who "refuses to support the nominees of this convention." Former Representative Hemenway, of Indiana, introduced the resolution. The Platform. The main features of the platform are as follows: The preamble praises the record on the Republican party from the election of Abraham Lincoln and declares for true progressiveness. The principles of constitutional government are uphold and constructive statesmanship advocated. The rights of every individual is upheld and the control of justly acquired property defended. In the next plank the Republican party reaffirms its intention of upholding at all times the authority and integrity of the courts. Legislation is suggested to prevent long delays and costly appeals to evade the law. The result of judges is condemned but a simpler, method than impeachment to impose from office those found derogated is insisted. Special privilege and monopoly is announced and attention called to the They Are All Telling It !!!! TELLING WHAT? militrust laws and their enforcement The commercial laws should be en- forced, so that the business of the country may be carried on without re- sort to abhorrent practices. The protective tariff policy of the party is reaffirmed and downward se- WILLIAM H. TAFT. Renominated by the Republicans For President. PETER H. Photo by American Press Association. vision is advocated on information secured by the tariff board. Tariff bills passed by the democrats in the house is condemned. The high cost of living is discussed and a scientific inquiry advocated. Legislation to prohibit corporations contributing to campaigns, especially for the election of president, is favored. Declares for conservation of national resources and new homestead laws. Demand the establishment of parcels post. Favors maintenance of the navy for national defense and laws to revive the merchant marine. The development of Alaska is strongly favored, with safeguards to prevent waste and monopoly. Ratifies demand of Porto Rico for citizenship. Pledges the enactment of laws barring undesirable immigrants. Denoines lynchings and other forms of lawlessness. Praises the administrations of McKinley, Renewell and Taft and appeals to the public to support the Republican party. JAMES S. SHERMAN. Renominated by the Republicans For Vice President. T by American Press Association FARMVILLE (VA) NOTES. Farmville, Va., June 17, 1912. On An All Important Question— Why is it there such a little of real interest and love manifested for the Church among our intelligent, liberty loving and up-to-date young men and young women of Farmville? Why is it that they hold themselves aloof from the greatest factor, the strongest society and the only organization that stands for the highest moral uplift of mankind? That force or society or factor or whatever name you may call it by, its commonly known as the Church, which has by its sainted fathers and sees done more to bring forward our present days civilization than all the fraternal schemes devised by the skill of man. It has been the mould-that has given to the old and new world, men and women who stand high in the world of science, and when we traced the origin of their greatness they owe it all to their early training in the Church and Sunday School. If education means anything to an individual, to a race or a nation its object primarily is to draw them out into the state of enlightenment and arm them with a stronger will and knowledge for usefulness to man, to country and to God: Now if the young people of this our town wish to set themselves in a proper relation toward the church and other civic forces it seems to the They Are All TELLING THAT MOUNT O GOD AUGUST causal observer and the rational think or that they would silly themselves to the powers that be. They who do not assert themselves along these lines, they impress us that, they only possess the form of knowledge, having the shadow of its power, but not the real essence. And if they desire to rightly impress others who may be less lettered or otherwise fortunate they can only do it by practical means and contact with the church and the world. So by allying ourselves with these two great factors helping to foster its welfare to the end that man who is our brother may be benefited and God our Father may be glorified in our lives. This is an age of thought so the writer while thinking along this line asks this all important question. Why is it there such a little interest manifested by our young intelligent, liberty loving up-to-date young men and women of this our historic town of Farmville? At the Churches—Sunday, June 16th. Preaching at 11 A. M. the 1st Baptist Church by Rev. R. G. Adams at 3 P. M. A sermon to the True Friends Society at 8 P. M. Children's Day Exercises were conducted by Misses Lottie M. Page and Pearl P. Hilton. The Beulah A. M. E. Church. — Sunday School at 3:30 A.M. Preaching at 11 A. M. by the Pastor and at 8 P. M. At 11 A. M. a special sermon to mothers; at 8 P. M. a special sermon to the men. R. J. Butt Pastor. The following persons left this P. M. for the witness of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias and Courts of Calanthrop: Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Adams Mrs. Mattie Allen, Rev. P. M. Robinson, Mrs. Lizzie Scott, Mrs. Lille Brown and many others who will attend the sessions of the Grand Lodge which convonces on Tuesday the 18th inst. at Lynchburg, Va. In Memoriam. WILLIES—In loving memory of my dear mother, Mimma Willis, who departed this life six years ago, June 21, 1906: "We will often go where our mother sleeps. And kneel on the green turf there. By that bending willow that andly weeps. And whisper to God our evening prayer. "We shall sleep, but not forever. There shall be a glorious dawn. We shall meet to part—no never the resurrection morn." By her daughter. The funeral of Cadet Washington Stuctley, 1002 N. 7th St. took place Wednesday, June 26th, 3 o'clock P.M. from the First Baptist Church, Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D. officiated and preached a beautiful sermon. The Pythian Cadets under the command of Captain James Ammons, accompanied the body from the home to the church and thence to East End Cemetery. They wore their full dress uniforms which had just arrived from the encampment in Lynchburg and marched in battalion formation. The casket was draped with the United States flag and the uniform and rifle of the fallen Cadet were placed on top. On each side of the hearse marched the cadets who acted as pall bearers. At the grave three volleys were fired as a last tribute to the departed. Rev. S. C. Burrell assisted in the services and Funeral Director W. L. Johnson had charge of the remains. Stuletley was very badly cut by another boy Friday, 11th inst., and was thought to be on the road to recovery. Sunday evening he went down to Seven Pines on the rear line and was taken suddenly ill down there. He died before medical aid could be commended. He leaves a mother and father, one sister, four brothers and an aunt. Destroyed By Fire. On Monday evening, June 10, 1912 fire destroyed the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hooker, at Dillwyn, Va. Just how the fire originated they have been unable to ascertain as there was no fire in the house at the time. The building and contents were totally destroyed. The loss was about $2000.00 with no insurance. Mr. Hooker is a sister of Mrs. W. H. Isham of this city: $150.00 Endowment Paid. Houston, Va., June 5, 1912. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias N. A. S. A. E. A. A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Griffin Barksdale, who was a member of ST. Matthew Lodge, No. 88 of Houston, VA. Signed—Minnie Barksdale. Administratrix. Albert Smith. J. H. Butcher. H. C. White, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid Richmond, Va., June 13, 1912. This is to certify that we have re- ceived from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- ins N. A., S. A., E. A. A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Brother Henry Bagby who was a member of North Star Lodge. No. 52 of Richmond, Va. her Signed—Carrie & Elizabeth X Bagby mark her Carrie Elizabeth X Bagby mark Bonhelicaries. Witnesses: William H. Dixon, M. D. Robert Gray, D. D. G. C. Telling It !!!! G WHAT? GOES TO BUCKROE 1 PLUS 4 THE RICHMOND FLAKER, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Great Throng Was Orderly Through ont. Much favorable comment has been heard in the city on account of the splendid manner in which the colored people who attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias demeaned them selves this week. Although there were several thou sand excursionists here Wednesday and hundreds of delegates for three or four days, yet there have been no disorders and the visitors gave the police practically no trouble. Intelligent management are essentials of success (and they are) then your future and the success of the great financial institution of which you are the honored head is assured. Many Americans, white and colored, come out here and lead careless lives, disregarding advice as to the care of their health, and quickly pay the penalty in an early grave. I am, sir. Your obedient servant. WM. D. CRUM. American Consul-General Liberia, Africa. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low C. G. JURGEN'S SON Adams and Broad Streets. Residents of the city have been convinced that the colored Knights of Pythias set a high standard in Virgina for membership. If the personnel of the colored visitors to the city this week is to be taken as a criterion—Daily Advance, Lynchburg, Va. June 21, 1912. STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF The Mechanics Savings Bank, of Richmond, located at Richmond in the County of Hearne, State of Virginia at the close of business, 14th day of June, 1912 made to the State Corporation Commission. RESOURCES Loans and discounts Werdaftra, unsecured Bonds, securities, etc. own ed, including premium on same Banking house and lot. Other real estate owned Flood and Fixtures Exchanges and checks for next day's clearings. Other cash items. Due from National Banks Paper currency. Fractional paper currency, money and coins. Gold coin. Silver coin. LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in..... $33,540.06 Surplus fund..... 1,500.06 ass a amount paid for interest expenses and taxes Individual deposits Savings' Deposit Certified checks Cashier's checks, outstanding All other items of Liability I. Thomas, H. Wyatt, Cashier, do solemnly swear that the above is a true statement of the financial condition of the Mechanics Savings Bank of Richmond, located at Richmond in the county of Henrico, State of Virginia, at the close of business on the 14th day of June, 1912, to the best of my knowledge and belief. THOMAS H. WYATT, Cashier Correct--Attest: D. J. CHAYERS, H. F. JONATHAN THOMAS SMITH. Directors. State of Virginia, City of Richmond. Sworn to and submitted before me by Thomas H. Wyatt, Cashier, this 25th day of June, 1912. JOHN H. BRANTON, Notary Public My commission expires March 1, 1912. $100.00 Endowment Paid Sutherlin, Va., May 31, 12. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Worthy Counselor of the Grand Court of Virginia, Order of Calanthe ($100,000). One Hundred- Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Brother Tinkney P. Royall who was a member of White Oak Court, No. 1, of Sutherlin, Va. Mary T. Edwards Lillie Davis Fannie Bets $100.00 Endowment Paid. Winston Salem, N. C., June 10, '11 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Worthy Counselor of the Grand Court of Va., Order of Calan in the ($100,000) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death, claim of Sister Margarette Gunnell, who was a member of Queen Esther Court, No. 50 of Dawville, Va. Signed - Angle Neal. Beneclary. Witnesses: J. G. Lattle. Wesley Allen. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Portsmouth, Va., June 15, 1912 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pytha ins N. A. S. A. E. A. A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Brother Fred D. Bailey, who was a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 172 of Portsmouth, Va. Signed—Wm. M. Rold. Administrator. Witnesses: Wm. E. Riddick, K. of R. & S. Eugene J. Bass, M. of Ex. Moses A. Brown, P. C. Archer Drew, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Portsmouth, Va., June 15, 1922 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth in N. A., S. A., E. A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Brother W. H. Ballentine, who was a member of Rescue Lodge No. 4 of Portsmouth, Va. Signed—Gortrude M. Ballentine, Beneficiary. Witnesses: Wm. M. Reid, K. of R. and S. W. H. Ballentine, Jr. Archer Drew, D. D. G. C. DO YOU KNOW HIM? John Mitchell, Jr., Editor of Rich mond Planet, Richmond, Va.: My Dear John Mitchell,—I have been trying to locate John Richmond brother of William Richmond, a colored American (who died here about three weeks after his arrival of malignant malaria, called the black water fever out here. William Richmond registered in this office as an American citizen, giving as his nearest kin, John Richmond, whose post office address is America was given at Pembroke Store Postoffice, Campbell county, Va. I addressed a dispatch to the State Department, reporting the death of William Richmond, requesting that they assist me in locating the brother of the deceased. The Department acknowledged the receipt of the dispatch. I wrote John Richmond, sending the letter to the above address. The letter was returned marked uncalled for. The property of the deceased, consisting of travelling bag, clothing, money and bank book are in my possession. I am anxious that his effects reach his brother, or if he be dead, satisfactory proof of the same must be furnished in order that I can proceed in settling the estate. I know no one better qualified than I take this opportunity to congratulate you upon the splendid showing of the Mechanics' Bank in its achievements in the field of finance. If industry, honest endeavor, perseverance, determination and Do You Know Him? Columbia, Va., March 19, 1912. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. Richmond, Va. My Dear Sir, I see published in your valuable paper the letter of Consul General Crum May 1, 1911 stating the death of William Richmond any trying to locate John Richmond. I wish to say that I had a brother by the name of William Richardson, born in Cumberland, Va. and reared in Columbia, Va. He went to Richmond, Va. and lived there many years. He left Richmond, Va. on the 8th of September, 1896 and I have not heard of him since. I could not tell if he was dead or alive. He had a scar on the right cheek and he had a scar under the right eye and one on the chin. All three of the scars are visible and will last him to the grave. He was about five feet ten inches and weighed about 175 or 180 pounds when I saw him last. I also send you the piece that I clipped from the paper or The PLANET. Please find him if you can, for me. 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(Albert, New York, New York) 272 West 45th Street The election of the Metropolis are making preparation for the coming of Assistant Attorney General Wilhelm Lewis who is helped to arrive in the city at the arrival part of the work. The appointment of the com- pany of Mr. Lewis has granted much opportunity to the profession and has an effort to be helpful to his visit a noteworthy one. Mr. Lewis will be held in the city and it will be a message to deliver which will be worthy of note. The appointment of Mr. Lewis will be scheduled afternoon at Mr. Olivier Baptist Church. Mr. Lewis will be held under the auspices of the Umpqua National Board Club, and the meeting will be in the presence of a committee to present a colored house in New York for deliberation girls and women. The meeting members to be in attendance and to participate one and one of the most prominent men of the city will participate with Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis will be held the president of the University under whose supervision the meeting will be held, in connection with congratulations for securing the Assistant Attorney General, and to a large following here. Mr. Lewis will speak again on the 10th of St. James. Prebyssus Church under the amphilee of the New York Historical and Literary Society of the city. This is to be an especially notable meeting and will be held a devout meeting where the professional and business man of the city will formalize his business. The harbor port of Portola deserves Mr. Lawson in the Metropolis as place to invest him on the vacation and to be enjoying the warm climate that is characteristic of the port building. Mr. Lawson concludes that the port building will follow all additions of welcome will be made by repurposing types of the heavy proofs, local and business men. It will be the first appearance of Mr. Lawson in the Metropolis where the elevation to his exalted office and when he arrive the Metropolis will be ready to receive him with open arms. Melville Charlton Back. Melville Charlton, one of the most highly rifted artists in the race and the leading concert organist of the race has just returned from a short tour of the East, where he gave several reitalts, Mr. Charlton was prefected by a large host of music lovers who marveled at his wonderful musical gift. One of the most notable reitalts of Mr. Charlton was the reitalt given in Boston at the Twelfth Street Baptist Church on the evening of May 29th. It was one of the most notable musical events of the musical life of the culture of Hub city, and brought out a large and representative audience, noting the best in the musical and professional business life of Boston. Mr. Charlton is well known in musical circles of the country and his appearance in Boston was an occasion for much comment in the musical sphere of the city. Mr. Charlton was supported by some of the most prominent local talent of the city, and his recital measured up to the usual high standard of musical excellence. Those who supported Mr. Charlton were Mrs. A. L. Curtis the well known violinist. Mrs. Pohatan Bagnall, so piano and Miss Jessie Shaw, choirist. Mr. Charlton offered Vocato Major from Bach. On Bened Knees from Barleigh, Fifth Symphony from Wider, and William Tell Overture from Rossello. Mr. Charlton played in his usual facinating way, displaying rashable musical temperament, and with a naturalness that charma his hearers. Mr. Charlton has made a national reputation in his art and is organist in the wealthiest synagogue in America, in Fifth Avenue, New York. In New York he stands high in musical circles and is frequently in demand as an artist. He is a graduate of the National Conservatory of Music in New York, one of the most prominent musical schools of the Nation. Mr. Charlton has had a rapid rise in his profession, and by hard and consistent effort has risen to a foremost place in the musical life of the country. Zion Conference Here. The 21st session of the New York Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church will convene, Wednesday morning June 19th at the Harlem A. M. E. Zion Church of which Dr. J. H. McHullen is pastor. The conference will hold a week's session closing Monday evening June 24th. Bishop J. W. Hood is one of the oldest living bishops in the race and the senior highph of the connection will preside at the conference. The conference will be the second conference of the church since the general conference in Charlotte and import and matters will be taken up. Many of the general officers of the church will be present and tell of the general condition of the various departments. Among the new general officers of the church to be present at the conference will be Hon. J. C. Dancy elected secretary of church extension, Mr. Dancy is well known in the Metropolis and has large number of friends will be glad to see him. When the New York conference meets this year it will meet in a New Zion church completed since the last session in New Rochelle. The church is a landmark office and is valued at $10,000. Dr. Mr. Mullen is one of the leading church men of the connection and is making preparation for the annual confessions of the delegates. M. E. Conference Wanted Negro Bishops. At the recent session of the memorial Conference of the M. E. Church in Minneapolis, much discussion was provoked over the probability of a Negro prelate to preside over the large number of colored members of the church. The general opinion according to the discussion, seemed to represent the M. E. Church as not being in favor of Negro bishops. Information has just reached bishops from reliable source that the M. E. General Conference was heartily in favor of having the election of Negro bishops to preside over the large number of colored bishops. The church did everything within its power to bring about the election of colored bishops and revised its church constitution so it would read favoring the election of a colored bishop. The friendliness of the conference toward the election of a colored boy op was seen in the splendid manner in which the conference stood by Dr R H Jones, editor of the South Western Christian Advocate, and who was named as the colored delegate, notice for bishop, Dr. Jones received over two hundred votes. The conference had a membership of 230, 99 being colored members, which shows that the sentiment in favor of a Negro bishop was strong at the conference. With the constitution revised marking it possible for the election of a Negro prelate, it has found on good authority that a Negro bishop will be elected at the next conference. The statement in the Amsterdam News, a few weeks ago in which an interview was purported to come from Dr. Brooks, has been found to be without foundation. Information reached this barron that Dr Brooks did not authorize an interview. General Notes. The case of the government man, Mr. Irene Blackstone, born and poisoned. Rev. Dr. Layton pastor of the St. Janes Presbyterian Church was made a member of the New York Presbyterian Church and honored with the degree of D.D. at the recent con- mentment of Lincoln University. Mrs. Praxel R. Ketter, Superint- sator of the White Rose Mason School, from a pleasant vacation. The following program was present at St. Marks Layton last Sunday at the church under the direction of Mrs. L. B. Pewskow, Organ solo E. A. L. Jackson, Organ Walton reel- tation, Mrs. May Clarke, addres- sors Cleveland G. Allen, correspondent of PLANET, and solo, Amoo Guerrant. Six young colored men graduated from the Medical School of Boston University at the commencement June 12th. They were John Alexander Braithwaite, Richard S. Grant, Joseph W. Thom, Vanderbilt Brown, Alpha O. Campbell and Gilbert H. Thomas. The young men figured atably at the commencement and the class ode was written by John A. Braithwaite one of the colored memoirs of the class. Your correspondent is planning to make the PLANET one of the most widely read journals in the Metropolis. Dr. L. T. Delany recently graduated from the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania is spending a few days in the Metropolis preparatory to returning to his home in Raleigh N. C. to begin practice July 1st. Rev Dr. W. H. Brooks preached a stirring sermon last Sunday morning at St. Marks M. E. Church. Cleveland G. Allen, National News paper Correspondent and Staff Correspondent, of the Daily State Gazette will leave on a tour with Bishop Walters to New Bedford, Mass and other points. In New Bedford he will report the proceedings of the New England conference of the Zion church of which Bishop Walters is the head. Rev Dr. A. E. Peets is visiting in the Metropolis. The Howard Alumni in New York is much stirred over the situation in the presidency of the school. The Alumni wants a Negro for president, CLEVELAND G. ALLEN Anna B. Kilpatrick, or any one knowing her whereabouts, will please communicate with Clarence Thanton, Information Attorney, 17 West 133rd Street, New York. Great Lot Sale at Jonesboro, July 8th. Car leaves 29th and P streets, at Eleven o'clock A. M. Five Hundred Lots to be sold at once at Ten Dollars per lot. 25x100 ft. These lots are One Hundred feet high er than Richmond and are in view of the C. and O. Railway. After this sale prices will be advanced. The beautiful park at Jonesboro is now open for picnics. For lots and dates see JOHN H. DRANTON, Agent. 112 W. Leigh St. 5 or 8 doses 666 will break any case of Chlisis and Fever; it eats on the liver better than Calomel, and does not griee or sicken. 25 cents. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Wants to Spread Some Joy at the Askland Dance Hall on Thursday, July 4th. Doors open for the ever- ing dance from 2 to 5; at Night at 8:30. Refreshments sold at city prices. Music by Richmond's Best Talent. The Hall is fitted with an upright Piano. Hall ready to rent at any time. Call or write to J. S. COLEMAN. Ashland, Va. 2t EPOCH MAKING EVENT. An event has transpired in the South which prepares great things for that section and the entire nation. Sutgen K. Griggs, the famous orator and author has brought to "light an array of facts and has unfolded a line of reasoning that is quietly transforming the thought life of the whites of the South on the race question. Dr. J. G. Merrill, a President of Usk University says: "I have heard so much of Wisdom's Call that I wish a copy of it. Send it to me." Bishop L. B. Scott of the M. K. Church, says: "I believe it will change conditions in the South If it is read by any considerable number of the leaders of that section." Hen. Seah W. Cogar, one of Tennessee's most widely known lawyers says: "It is really a wonderful book, full of the guest philosophy, chooses the tale and Christian ideas. Roy Mr. Griggs is manifestly a great thinker in GENIUS and a statesman." The Chief of Police of Barrow, Ph. says: "That book has changed my views on the race question. I see that we white people have got to change our treatment of the Negroes." You do yourself and the cause of his humanity an industry which you neglect or delay to send for Wishaw's Call. The prize is only fifty cents. Add five cents for postage. THE ORION PUB CO. EAST STATION, NASHVILLE, TN. Do You Know Her? Information is wanted of the whereabouts of Miss Jessine Cooks. When last heard of she was living at Elk Allen, Va. Her mother died some weeks ago in New York City and her uncle Mr. Adolphus Cooks is very anxious to locate her. Address J. E. SCHMIDT, 263 W. 35th St. New York, N. Y. VIRGINIA: In the Law and Equity Court for the City of Richmond, this 13th day of June, 1912. Pannie Hinton ... Paula Jeff Yo. ... In Chancery Charles R. Hinton ... Defendant The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce, a Vineau Matrimony by the plaintiff from the defendant, and an addict having been made and filed that due diligence has been made by and on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what County or corporation the defendant Charles B. Hinton is without effect, and that the plaintiff does not know his whereabouts; it is ordered that the said defendant Charles B. Hinton appear here within fifteen days after due publication of this order and do what may be necessary to protect his interest herein. A Copy, Teste, P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. To Charles Hinton: You'll take notice that I shall on the 15th day of August, 1912 at the office of Phil B. Sheld, room No 701. Travellers Insurance Building, situated on the North side of Main street, between (11) Eleventh and (12) Twelfth streets in the City of Richmond, Virginia, between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day proceed to take the depositions of Witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the City of Richmond, Virginia, wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff, and if from any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day or if commenced be not concluded on that day the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall have been concluded. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, pq. Office: 1215 E. Broad street, Richmond, Virginia. FORD'S HAIR POMADE MAKES HAIR POMADE ON CIRCLE HAIR GUNSTER SHOTS AND INSTITUTIONS LAW TO CURSE AND PUT UP ON APPEARANCE THE LEGAL Hair POMADE PRESCRIBED FOR PREVENTING Hair FALLS AND HAIRBANDS AND FOR SOLID REVENUE OF INSTITUTIONS, GET THE GUIDEME, AND FOR 25+ AND 50 BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S POMADE EVERY PACKAGE TRY FORD'S ROYAL WHITE SKIN LOTION FOR THE COMPLEXION. MAKES THE SKIN WINTER RIMMERALLY UPON APPLICATION. WILL NOT IMITATE THE MOST DELICATE SKIN. UNEXCECELLED FOR RECEMBA, RUSH RAIN, PIMPLES, ROUGH SKIN AND PRECICLES. SOLD BY BRINGESTS. IF YOUR BRINGEST CANNOT SUPPLY YOU WILL BE BORN TO YOU BY THE FREE PURE FELTING AND BITTLESE. 50 THE GZZENA, SALT MARROW CO. 221 LANE ST. NET. 320 CHICAGO, WI. WANTED. JOHN LENNON Special Cut Price Sale For This Week Gents. Furnishing Dept: 15cts Suspenders 9cts a pair. 50c underwear 23c a garment Ladies'Shoe Department. 200 Pts. Shoes & Oxford, all leathers & makes old sizes, sold for $2 to $4 this sale . $ .48 Stock No. 96D Tan two strap pumps, were $3.50 this sale . 2.28 Stock No. 8601 Pat, one, strap pumps, were $3.50, this sale . 2.28 Stock No. 8617 Black Satan col. pumps, were $4.00, this sale . 2.28 Stock No. 8618 Fancy Colors, pumps, were $4.00, this sale . 2.28 Stock No. 312 White Canvass pumps, were $2.50, this sale . $1.48 Stock No. 716 White Canvass pumps, were $3.50, this sale . 1.76 Stock No. 2902 Tan Brass Buckle pumps, were $3.00, this sale . 1.76 Stock No. 2789 Tan Calf pumps, were $3.50, this sale . 2.28 Stock No. 361 White Canvass Shoes, were $2.50, this sale . 1.76 One lot Velvet, Suede and Gur-metal pumps, were $2.50 to $4, this sale . 1.76 Gentlemen's Shoe Dep. Capitol Shoe & Supply Co., 700 North 2nd St., Richmond, Va. --- THE OLD RELIABLE. MME. BAUM'S HAIR EMPORIUM. 486 Eighth Avenue (bet. 34th & 35th Sts.) New York City. The Bay Shore Hotel Open From May to October. 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For This W Suspenders 9cts a underwear 23c a gai department o. 312 White Canvass pumps, 50, this sale. o. 716 White Canvass pumps, 50, this sale. No. 2902 Tan Brass Buckle were $3.00, this sale. o. 2789 Tan Calf pumps, were als sale. o. 381 White Canvass Shoes, 50, this sale. Velvet, Suede and Gun-metal were $2.50 to $4, this sale. shoe Dep o. 2266— Tan Blucher Oxford 50, this sale. o. 2260— Gun metal Oxford 50, this sale. o. 847 & 846 Gun metal Ox- re $3.00, this sale. o. 33D Tan Blucher Oxford 00, this sale. supply Co Richmond, Va. and Street. HAIR PARLORS. To the Friends, Customers and the MRS. ROSA E. WATSON St. James Street. You can be formations and Pompadours. On on short notice. Straightening Straightening Combs, Ornam and preparations of all kinds f 812 ST. JAMES STREET. Ms. Customers and the Public in General BSA E. WATSON invites you to her H Street. You can be supplied with Braid and Pompadours. Combings made in B ice. 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